Mariela Bazán, CMP-Fellow, CMM, MBA is the Chief Sustainability Officer for the EIC Centre for Sustainability and Social Impact and SVP Industry Advancement for the Events Industry Council.  

Mariela is also the co-author of Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility in the Meetings and Events Industry, a part of the Wiley Event Series, is the Executive Editor of the Events Industry Council Manual, 9th Edition, and co-author of Meet Better: 167 Easy Ways to Make Your Events More Environmentally and Socially Responsible.  

She was inducted into the Meetings & Incentives Travel Hall of Fame in the category of Industry Builder in August, 2015, received a Pacesetter Award from the Events Industry Council in 2016 and named to the Top 25 Women in the Meetings Industry 2018 list by  Northstar Meetings Group.